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Field Marshal Montgomery's plan to get Second British Army behind the fortifications of the...
With Germany being pushed back across Europe the Allied forces looked to press their advantage...
The story of Operation Neptune was, of course, more than just a tale of planning, building and...
The battle of El Alamein saw the shattering of Germany's hopes for victory in North Africa and...
In February 1942, three of the major ships of the German surface fleet - the battle-cruisers...
Operation Archery, the raid on Vaagso and Maaloy in Norway on 27 December 1941, was the first...
In the darkest days of World War II, the British planned a daring airborne operation to capture...
On 18 November 1941, the British launched Operation Crusader against the Axis positions in...
On the night of December 7, 1942, five canoes were launched off the mouth of the Gironde river,...
Following a lull in the desert war which saw the Germans and British reinforce their armies,...
The last great heave of war,' according to Churchill, took place with the crossing of the Rhine...
The battle of El Alamein marked the turning point in Britain's fortunes in the Second World War....
The battle around Falaise in Normandy during August 1944 saw the destruction of the German...
One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital...
The battle for Cassino was probably the most bitter struggle of the entire Italian campaign. The...
The Dieppe raid of August 1942 is one of the most controversial actions of World War II....
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy, was the greatest sea-borne military...
At 0016hrs on 6 June 1944 a Horsa glider ground to a halt a mere 60 yards from the Orne Canal...
The raid on the port of St Nazaire in March 1942 by a sea-borne task force from British Combined...
Known as the last great 'stand-up fight' of the Second World War the battle for the Rhineland...
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